Sam Shepherd or "El Mago" was born (April 21, 1953) in La Grange, North Carolina.
Sam is a former professional basketball player who played for the Venezuelan team and in Colombia also in the 1992 Summer Olympics and world games.
He also went to two NBA camps for tryouts,throughout his long professional career he scored over 30,000 points and won more than 20 International Tournaments.and held record for 20 years most 3 pointers made in a game 14 and more than 25 games scoring more than 50 points only player to average 52 points in tournament with Brazil ,Dominican Rebublic and Colombia.ref name="sref">"Sam Shepherd bio, stats, and results".